As much asBatmantries to keep Gotham safe from theJoker ,   the Dark Knight might actually be serve perpetuate his foe ’s reign of scourge . A threat on Joker ’s life gave the goofball the complete opportunity to show how he can really use Batman to his vantage .

For as long as Bruce Wayne has try out to protect the people of his dear city , the Joker has been around to play amok in it . Whether killing wantonly or engaging in over the top crimes , the Clown Prince of Crime has remained one of the biggest nuisances inthe Batman ’s rogues ' drift . As much as   Bruce detest plow with his previous bane , the hero ’s strict " no bolt down " insurance policy mean that the only way   Batman can handle the Joker is by throwing him back to Arkham .

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But Bruce ’s dedication to his unwavering moral code is so well - known , even the Joker knows how to weaponize it . InAction Comics # 897by Paul Cornell and Pete Woods , Lex Luthor has come to Arkham in search of an push source that anticipate to give Lex a powerful climb . Unfortunately , that means Superman ’s archenemy is forcedto interrogate Batman ’s   greatest villainas the energy has emerged within the Joker ’s cubicle . With the tv camera off and no one around , Lex attempt to have a civilized conversation with the clown , only for the Joker to spoil in his common skullduggery . After get a gag at Luthor ’s disbursal , the Joker is attacked by Lex who tells him on no incertain terms that masses would be happy if the Joker was rule dead . Joker recite his familiar in villainy that if Lex even thinks about pee-pee good on his threat then he ’d have to deal with Batman , hold Luthor relent .

Technically , Lex Luthor and Jokerare both right . With   his   insanely eminent physical structure reckoning and destructive tendencies , few multitude would disgorge tears at the death of the Joker . But Joker is astute in his observation that Batman wo n’t stand for a murder in his metropolis , in particular the murder of his most infamous foe . Knowing how perpetrate   his beloved enemy   is to Gotham , Joker has come up a way to make Batman his   unwitting   enforcer .

The Joker knows Batman is never go to kill him . Batman may require to , but it ’s highly unconvincing that Batman will ever do the deed . Butothers may need to kill the Joker . fortuitously , Batman accept his job seriously and no matter who the dupe of a crime is , he ’s always set to make criminals pay . Even someone as protect as Lex Luthor knows not to get on the bad side of the Dark Knight , which is why he acquiesces after the Joker ’s threat . In a roundabout way of life , Joker can use Batman as a proverbial " heavy " to   turn back those who would do him serious harm . It might not be   the Dark Knight ’s design , butJokercan in effect useBatmanas an whizz up his sleeve to get out of trouble .

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